Comments on: Fitzpatrick’s First Law http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/fitzpatricks-first-law/ falling indelibly into the past Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:39:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: BT http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/fitzpatricks-first-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 BT Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:05:39 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=776#comment-1773 <p>Tipper’s Law of Salad </p> <p> It is possible to correctly predict how much salad one’s dinner guests to presume, or to make a delicious dessert, but not both. </p> <p> Tipper’s Law of Afterwords </p> <p> The length in words of the “Author’s Note” or “Acknowledgements” at the back of the book is inversely proportional to the interest and complexity of the ideas in the actual text. </p> Tipper’s Law of Salad

It is possible to correctly predict how much salad one’s dinner guests to presume, or to make a delicious dessert, but not both.

Tipper’s Law of Afterwords

The length in words of the “Author’s Note” or “Acknowledgements” at the back of the book is inversely proportional to the interest and complexity of the ideas in the actual text.

]]> By: Francois Lachance http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/fitzpatricks-first-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1772 Francois Lachance Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:29:18 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=776#comment-1772 <p>Fitzpatrick’s law can be generalized into a pronciple of uncorrelative triggers for discursive embroidery. Here applied to three cases: <br /> <br /> The death of the dying is not the death of the dead. </p> <p> Size of miscellany does not necessarily relate to number of categories it may contain. </p> <p> Inverse proportionality is subject to limits when contemplating relations of appearance and distance. </p> Fitzpatrick’s law can be generalized into a pronciple of uncorrelative triggers for discursive embroidery. Here applied to three cases:

The death of the dying is not the death of the dead.

Size of miscellany does not necessarily relate to number of categories it may contain.

Inverse proportionality is subject to limits when contemplating relations of appearance and distance.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/fitzpatricks-first-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 Brandon Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:14:12 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=776#comment-1771 <p>The Soapbox Law: </p> <p> The further you get from the act of pronouncement (in writing or speech), the stupider you realize you are. </p> The Soapbox Law:

The further you get from the act of pronouncement (in writing or speech), the stupider you realize you are.

]]> By: Jason http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/fitzpatricks-first-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Jason Tue, 13 Jan 2004 21:32:09 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=776#comment-1770 <p>Well, that’s easy. </p> <p> Miscellany is the largest category. </p> <p> (but someone - fictional - already owns that law, though I imagine there are few enough geeks who would know where I took it from) </p> Well, that’s easy.

Miscellany is the largest category.

(but someone - fictional - already owns that law, though I imagine there are few enough geeks who would know where I took it from)

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